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They burned my countertop!

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Hotflushesandchilblains · 15/03/2025 12:58

Moved into a 1950s house a few years ago and is taking a long time to do up. Due to unexpected crisis, kitchen replacement is postponed indefinitely, so I decided to get the cupboards resprayed and then paint the walls to update how it looks. The countertops were put in in the 70s and were pristine, a kind of terrazo with a duck egg blue fleck that I matched the cupboard paint to.

The sprayers left yesterday. Nothing was mentioned when they left, but when i wiped down the counters, I found a round burn. There was some rubbish and dust left around and I was looking at the cupboards, not the counters. I know this is the surface they put things down on, as I saw it when I popped in at some point.

So what do I do now? I have messaged them with a picture of the burn but not heard back yet. I think they should have offered to make this good in some way. Advice? I am thinking I will ask them to spray it too, although it would look weird to have one different counter. I dont use that area for food prep.

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HoldingThePoisonDown · 15/03/2025 14:51

How big is the burn and what on Earth were they using that was hot if they were painters?
I think you will have to wait until they respond. Is it definitely a burn? I can’t imagine a counter top that is sprayed would hold up too well tbh, wouldn’t the paint get scratched if things were placed on it?

Hotflushesandchilblains · 15/03/2025 19:37

Its definitely a burn - they did a lot of sanding and were using a spray painter that smelled as it if got hot, if you know what I mean. its not massive, and in fact there are two, one just a dot and the other bigger. Its right at the front of the counter. It is not a counter I use for food prep, so it does not have to be massively robust. Painting it would make it look weird, because it will be the only counter than does not match. But if I leave it, I have a visible burn in what was a perfectly good counter. But it is really upsetting me - I have been putting the kitchen to rights today, as I had to completely empty it - and every time I go in, its all I can see.

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olympicsrock · 15/03/2025 19:46

could they swabs them down and polish ??
otherwise they need for pay for new worktops for you

olympicsrock · 15/03/2025 19:47

Sorry that should say sand them down

mjf981 · 16/03/2025 04:08

Can you post a picture?

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